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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Set the UEFI Boot Loader Password

    The grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password protection enabled to protect boot-time settings. <br><br> Since plaintext passw...
    Rule High Severity
  • zIPL bootloader configuration

    During the boot process, the bootloader is responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing options to it. The default Red Hat Ente...
    Group
  • Enable Auditing to Start Prior to the Audit Daemon in zIPL

    To ensure all processes can be audited, even those which start prior to the audit daemon, check that all boot entries in <code>/boot/loader/entries...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Extend Audit Backlog Limit for the Audit Daemon in zIPL

    To improve the kernel capacity to queue all log events, even those which start prior to the audit daemon, check that all boot entries in <code>/boo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure all zIPL boot entries are BLS compliant

    Ensure that zIPL boot entries fully adheres to Boot Loader Specification (BLS) by checking that <code>/etc/zipl.conf</code> doesn't contain <code>i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure zIPL bootmap is up to date

    Make sure that <code>/boot/bootmap</code> is up to date.<br> Every time a boot entry or zIPL configuration is changed <code>/boot/bootmap</code> ne...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure kernel to zero out memory before allocation in zIPL

    To ensure that the kernel is configured to zero out memory before allocation, check that all boot entries in <code>/boot/loader/entries/*.conf</cod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable randomization of the page allocator in zIPL

    To enable the randomization of the page allocator in the kernel, check that all boot entries in <code>/boot/loader/entries/*.conf</code> have <code...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure debug-shell service is not enabled in zIPL

    systemd's <code>debug-shell</code> service is intended to diagnose systemd related boot issues with various <code>systemctl</code> commands. Once e...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Network Configuration and Firewalls

    Most systems must be connected to a network of some sort, and this brings with it the substantial risk of network attack. This section discusses th...
    Group

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